A well-versed friend says (more or less) that his position is like that of the chief justice of an almost supreme court.
CJ Roberts could (though one hopes he wouldn't) say that Zimmerman ought not to be allowed to own a gun. But it doesn't count for anything until the case makes its way to his court.
So unfortunately one has (I BELIEVE -- I don't know this stuff)to hope that
(1)the bishops of the diocese where she might want to present herself to receive would take some action; or
(2)the Holy Father who has "universal jurisdiction" (again, I'm just pretty sure that's true) would act.
The reason I think the Holy Father could is that he just defrocked and excommunicate a priest in Australia. So, a fortiori I would think he could slap an interdict on Pelosi and Sebelius. And I wish he would for the good of their souls and as consolation for those of us who approach the altar with Obamacare supporters fore and aft.
I’m not sure about the legal position here.
The person who would theoretically have to excommunicate her would be her bishop. The problem is that she’s sort of a hot potato.
She claims she’s under Cdl. Archbishop Wuerl, the famous pro-abortion, pro-gay bishop of DC. But she lives in San Francisco for electoral purposes, so her bishop would be Cordileone, who is definitely anti-abortion, anti-gay norming, and anti-everything-Nancy-bloviates-about.
I hope either that Cordileone will get empowered and do what he should do, or that the Vatican will simply override Wuerl (as they did with the bishop in Australia) and slap her with an excommunication. It might make her think, but if it doesn’t, obviously the warm and fuzzy non-confrontational approach isn’t working either. So maybe she’s just on her way to “the other place.”